PHIL 2263 Dr. Koc-Maclean Joseph Patton 8 November 2012 Foundational Internalism Versus The Real World Jim Pryor states‚ according to his explanations‚ that the argument against philosophies that encourage immediate justification go on to say that justifiers need to be wholly made up of propositional content. This becomes ‘The puzzle of the Given’‚ according to BonJour and Davidson‚ and states that this becomes a dilemma in how the foundationalists attempt to use this to account and understand
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The real world problem that we will use is: Jenny’s bakery makes two types of cakes: Angel food cake which sells for $25 Red Velvet Cake which sells for $35 Both cakes are the same size‚ but the decorating and assembly time required for the angel food cake is 2 hours‚ while the time for the red velvet cake is 3 hours. There are 450 hours of labor available for production. How many of each cake should Jenny make to maximize revenue? For this problem we will use linear optimization‚ which is a method
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of a elasticity of demand for its products‚ it will be able to determine the market’s responsiveness‚ or sensitivity‚ to changes in price for a specific product and will allow the firm to more accurately forecast the effects on total revenue. Knowledge of elasticity can help a firm to project big-picture effects of raising or lowering products’ prices by predicting changes in market price on total industry sales and total consumer expenditures in the industry. For example‚ if a sunglasses retailer
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Virtual Reality in a Real Physical World Carla B October 29‚ 2012 The concepts of virtual reality have been around for quite some time. In fact‚ researchers have studied ideas of the three-dimensional world since the late 1950s. The ideals of virtual reality did not surface into our society until the late 1980s. Today‚ virtual environments are used in many different capacities. In this paper‚ research will show the positive impacts of virtual reality when it is applied to sports training‚ physical
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uses in the real world‚ but some of the most beneficial uses are in the field of medicine. Technetium‚ more specifically technetium-99m‚ is used in tens of millions of medical diagnostic procedures annually‚ making it the most commonly used medical isotope. Technetium-99m (99mTc) is favoured because of its half-life being short‚ the energy of the gamma ray it emits‚ and the ability of technetium to be chemically bound to many biologically active molecules (Technetium‚ 2011). Examples
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The Real Apology the American People Needed On September 11‚ 1998‚ President Clinton gave his infamous speech he titled “I have Sinned” at the Prayer Breakfast. In this speech‚ he addressed the issue of having a sexual relationship with a woman named Monica Lewinsky and apologized for his actions. The nature of his first speech seemed more of “self-defense” rather than the apology the American people wanted to hear (59). In the attempt to have a successful speech‚ President Bill Clinton had
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Applying Virtue Ethics in the Real World MGT407 M1:A1 03 – MAR – 2012 Read the Ethical Dilemma on page 106 of the Nelson & Quick text. Answer the following questions. 1. Summarize the dilemma. 2. Using consequential‚ rule-based‚ and character theories‚ evaluate Juanita ’s options 3. What should Juanita do? Why? ------------------------------------------ Whenever a young child is faced with a dilemma or reaches and ethical crossroads so often a parent
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Is There ‘Real Science’ in “The Martian”? The movie “The Martian” has won so many awards since its release in 2015. The movie‚ the director‚ and the actors all won different kinds of awards such as a Satellite Award‚ many Golden Globe awards‚ and People’s Choice Award. But many people‚ science enthusiasts and all‚ have doubted the reality of the movie. Does the science used in the movie make sense? If someone were to actually become stranded on Mars and did everything main character Mark Watney did
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A. Van Burk MA PHI 101 False Reality vs. the Real World False reality vs. real reality what do we know? In Matrix there were several false reality explored in it‚ most were fun but what if it were used to imprison you? The part where they were working in the computer room‚ and Anderson works on the cubicle‚ manning a computer and doing the hacking on the side when Morpheus who was some what interesting in what’s going on around him is it real. It seemed that Thomas like most people‚ is a victim
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Dystopian Societies There are many dystopic experiences in Incognito and the real world. Examples include Nazi Germany‚ North Korea‚ the Taliban and Joseph Stalin. One main example is the Communist China which involved a revolution‚ power in the government and no freedom of speech. The person mainly responsible for this is Mao Zedong who overthrew his enemies and millions of people were killed or persecuted. This is similar to Incognito as it involves data lords and the overpowering government
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